Been there mate, absolute nightmare timing.
When my old Victron Phoenix gave up the ghost in January a couple of years back, I grabbed a Giandel 2000W pure sine from Amazon as a stop-gap.
Had this exact debate when I was wiring up the motorhome last spring. The thing that settled it for me was just ringing Victron's UK distributor directly — got a straight answer in about ten...
Been running the 250/60-Tr on the motorhome for about eight months now and it's honestly been one of those purchases you don't regret.
@Gill1982 the shepherd's hut angle is interesting — on my motorhome I never have to worry about any of this, which is one of the underrated joys of mobile living.
Winter driving is a proper pain for keeping charge up — I spent last January scratching my head wondering why my 200Ah Fogstar lithium was barely hitting 70% despite doing a decent run each...
@PeteJames similar setup on the motorhome but I went down a slightly different rabbit hole. Started with a Pi 4, thought I was being clever, then realised I was using 5W just to log data from a...
Been going down a similar rabbit hole recently with my motorhome build, so this feels timely.
Running a 48v lithium bank (Fogstar Drift cells) with a Victron Orion-Tr Smart stepping down to 12v...
Had this exact drama last February parked up in Northumberland — woke up to -6°C and the JK had gone completely dark on Bluetooth.
Really resonates with me this. Had almost identical drama with my motorhome build — four EVE 280Ah cells, Daly BMS, same passive balancing headache.
What sorted it for me was a deliberate...
@KevLee nice one — I went down a similar rabbit hole last year with a Renault Zoe pack. Ended up with six modules running in my old Hymer, giving me around 14kWh usable after I'd set conservative...
Geordie | 412 posts
@LindaPrice87 ran almost identical numbers on my motorhome before scaling up — and the honest answer is: UK winter will absolutely batter you.
Ran into this exact scenario in my motorhome last summer. Before you go chasing cables or the BMS, pull up the VictronConnect app and check your MultiPlus II's event history — it'll tell you why...
Geordie | 1,156 posts
Had this exact setup in my old A-class motorhome — VSR doing the heavy lifting for years until I finally fitted an Orion-Tr Smart 30A alongside it.
@WillStevens Mate, I've been exactly where you are — previous owner's "creative" wiring is basically a rite of passage.
